Satnavs and Google Maps to be updated in readiness for driverless cars

Councils will have to digitise all traffic regulation measures such as temporary speed limits or road closures

Satnavs and Google Maps will soon include live data on road closures, parking restrictions and temporary speed limits under a UK government scheme aimed to ease drivers' pain and pave the way for driverless cars.

Councils will be ordered to digitise all traffic regulation orders (TROs), short-term traffic measures such as temporary speed limits or road closures.